Destiny, the Inward Quest, Temporality and Life

Book Overview

"There is no greater gift to man than to understand nothing of his fate", declares poet-philosopher Paul Valery. And yet the searching human being seeks ceaselessly to disentangle the networks of experiences, desires, inward promptings, personal ambitions, and elevated strivings which directed his/her life-course within changing circumstances in order to discover his sense of life. Literature seeks in numerous channels of insight the dominant threads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400735944
• ISBN13: 9789400735941
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"